Job Description
We are LWMTS, a company wholly owned by Lichfield District Council. Our organisation is ambitious, innovative, and highly driven to be the best in all that we do. We want to further this growth potential in all key areas of the business by hiring great people. In return, we can build stronger foundations, provide quality services, and help support our company objectives longer term.
LWM Planning is growing, and are looking for an experienced Managing Consultant with Major Projects Planning experience to join our award winning team. Reporting to the Managing Director, this is a commercially driven, sales-focused senior consultancy role for an ambitious Planning professional who wants to win work, grow a consultancy, and reap the rewards of commercial success. This role suits someone energised by sales, unfased by targets, and motivated by building something bigger than themselves.
As a Managing Consultant you will play a central role in selling, growing and leading our Planning consultancy, building on its award-winning, accredited reputation and positioning it as a market-leading service across public-sector consultancy, PPAs, and developer agency work.
Key Responsibilities
* Take a lead role in selling the Planning consultancy to public-sector and developer clients.
* Actively identify, pursue, and convert new opportunities.
* Build and maintain a strong personal pipeline of opportunities, converting relationships into fee income.
* Contribute towards longer-term growth ambitions of £1m–£1.5m+ annual Planning revenue.
* Work closely with senior leadership to align growth, sales strategy, and market positioning.
* Play a key role in building and scaling the Planning team as revenue grows.
* Provide senior oversight of planning projects rather than routine delivery.
* Review, challenge, and sign off reports, submissions, and professional advice.
* Hold responsibility for client-side P&L, ensuring strong margins and commercial discipline.
* Set, manage, and negotiate fees confidently.
* Oversee and grow strategic accounts, identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
* Lead major planning applications from PPA through submission, committee, and determination.
Skills & Experience
* Chartered Planner (MRTPI or equivalent).
* Significant experience at Senior / Principal / Managing Consultant or Associate Director level.
* Experience in both local authority planning and developer-led agency work.
* Proven experience delivering major applications, PPAs, and committee presentations.
* Demonstrable sales and commercial capability.
Personal Attributes
* Highly sales-oriented and commercially driven
* Comfortable owning revenue targets and being accountable for results
* Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to opportunity spotting
* Confident, credible, and persuasive with clients and stakeholders
* Resilient and motivated by growth, targets, and rewards
* Quality-focused but commercially pragmatic
What We Offer
* A genuinely sales-led senior role with autonomy to grow your own service line
* Very competitive base salary plus 10% bonus (up to 15% for exceptional performance)
* Shared sales target to support sustainable growth in the first phase
* The opportunity to build, sell, and lead a high-growth Planning consultancy with an established, award-winning reputation
How to Apply
If you are an experienced Managing Consultant looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch for further information or submit a CV to careers@lwmts.co.uk to be considered.
If you need support with completing your application, for any part of the recruitment process, please contact careers@lwmts.co.uk so that we can discuss reasonable adjustments.
We value the interest shown in our vacancies and aim to consider every application carefully. However, in the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early to manage application volumes effectively.
Due to the high number of applications that we can typically receive, we are unable to notify applicants who have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We look forward to hearing from you.